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The Muckrakers: how a group of writers in the early 20th century exposed troubling cases of corruption in America.(AMERICAN HISTORY)
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* OBJECTIVES
Students should understand
* The muckrakers were investigative reporters of the early 20th century who exposed injustices of Industrial Revolution America.
* Writers such as the muckrakers are crucial to the process of necessary social change,
* BACKGROUND
Upton Sinclair lived with Chicago stockyard workers for seven weeks while researching The Jungle. His primary intention was to expose dangerous working conditions in the meatpacking houses. He was taken aback when Americans seemed more concerned with the disgusting ...
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